At its December 2009 meeting, the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (CACM) endorsed a set of suggested jury instructions that district judges should consider using to help deter jurors from using electronic technologies to research or communicate about cases on which they serve. The suggested instructions are included as Attachment 1.
The CACM Committee developed these instructions to address the increasing incidence of juror use of such devices as cellular telephones or computers to conduct research on the Internet or communicate with others about cases. Such use has resulted in mistrials, exclusion of jurors, and imposition of fines. The suggested instructions specifically inform jurors that they are prohibited from using these technologies in the courtroom, in deliberations, or outside the courthouse to communicate about or research cases on which they currently serve.
Text Extracted from http://www.uscourts.gov/newsroom/2010/DIR10-018.pdf
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Texas Forum on Self-Represented Litigants
Registration is now open for the April Texas Forum on Self-Represented Litigants and the Courts in Dallas.
Link is www.TexasCourtForum.org
Link is www.TexasCourtForum.org
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